Florence Nightingale Medal: Honoring exceptional nurses and nursing aides - 2021 recipients
Twenty-five outstanding nurses from 18 countries have been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal, which recognizes exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster. It also recognizes exemplary service or a pioneering spirit in the areas of public health or nursing education.
Since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, nurses have been more than ever working on the front lines, often in difficult conditions. Some have been victims of stigma, born out of the fear of infection; others have fallen victim to the disease itself. On the occasion of the International Nurses Day, the Commission for the Florence Nightingale Medal wishes to pay special homage to the exceptional devotion of these nurses.
The recipients were nominated by their respective National Red Cross or Red Crescent Society and selected by a commission comprised of the ICRC, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Council of Nurses.
AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS
Ms. Bernadette Gleeson
Posthumous award
Registered nurse. Was active notably with the ICRC in conflict and disaster situations.
RED CRESCENT SOCIETY OF AZERBAIJAN
Ms. Arasta Bakhishova
Posthumous award
Registered nurse. Worked notably as a visiting nurse and in conflict situations.
RED CROSS SOCIETY OF BELARUS
Ms. Liudmila Buzel
Chief Nurse of the Belarus Red Cross Medico-Social Service "Dapamoha".
Mrs. Elvira Shabanova
Visiting nurse in Lida Rail Road branch of the Belarus Red Cross. Introduced innovative methods of providing medico-social care.
CROIX-ROUGE BENINOISE
Mr. Georges Lande Glele Kakaï
Infirmier diplômé d'Etat en santé communautaire. Actif dans le domaine de la santé publique.
RED CROSS SOCIETY OF CHINA
Ms. Shouzhen Cheng
Registered nurse. Director of Nursing Department of the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU). Active in disaster situations and in the areas of public health and nursing education.
Ms. Minhua Hu
Registered nurse. Director of Nursing Department in the Ninth Hospital of Nanchang. Active in disaster situations and in the area of public health.
Ms. Yali Tuo
Registered nurse. Head Nurse of Intensive Care Unit, Qingyang People's Hospital. Active in disaster situations and in the area of public health.
CRUZ ROJA COSTARRICENSE
Mr. Christopher Lewis Calderón Bailey
Registered nurse. Works at the metropolitan committee for emergency and rescue services at the Costa Rica Red Cross. Active in disaster situations and in the areas of public health and nursing education.
Ms. Carolina Soto Villalobos
Registered nurse. Works as volunteering development coordinator of the Costa Rica Red Cross for the central Pacific region. Active in disaster situations and in the areas of public health and nursing education.
DANISH RED CROSS
Ms. Eva Jordung Nicolson
Registered nurse. Currently Danish Red Cross Programme Manager in Lebanon. Active in conflict and disaster situations.
FINNISH RED CROSS
Dr. Jorma Jokela
Registered nurse. Principal lecturer at Laurea University of Applied Sciences (UAS) and Adjunct Professor in Simulation Pedagogy at the Finnish National Defence University (FNDU). Active in conflict and disaster situations and in the areas of public health and nursing education.
RED CRESCENT SOCIETY OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
Mr. Seyed Naser Emadi Chashmi
Member of MSF teams in Africa and Middle East countries. Active in conflict and disaster situations and in the areas of public health and nursing education.
JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY
Ms. Noriko Tomabechi
Registered nurse. Head Nurse, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center. Active in conflict and disaster situations and in the area of public health.
Ms. Chiyoko Fujita
Registered nurse. Assistant Hospital General Director and Support Office Head, Peace Japan Medical Services (PMS), Pakistan. Active in conflict and disaster situations and in the areas of public health and nursing education
KAZAKH RED CRESCENT SOCIETY
Sister Tatyana Spiglazova
Registered nurse. Works as nurse-anesthetist in the intensive care unit of a Multidisciplinary regional hospital. Active in public health and palliative care.
KENYA RED CROSS SOCIETY
Ms. Milka Yuda
Health volunteer at Kenya Red Cross Tana River Branch. Active in public health.
THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA NATIONAL RED CROSS
Ms. Marianne Stöger
Registered nurse. Honorary member of Korean Nurses Association. Austrian citizen and Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Korea. Active in disaster situations and in the area of public health.
LEBANESE RED CROSS
Ms. Wahida Ghalayini
Registered nurse. Head of Nursing Department – Rafic Hariri University Hospital. Active in conflict and disaster situations and in the areas of public health and nursing education.
NORWEGIAN RED CROSS
Ms. Turid Andreassen
Registered nurse. Intensive Care Nurse at Haukeland University Hospital (Bergen, Norway). Active in conflict and disaster situations and in the areas of public health and nursing education.
Ms. Tonje Tingberg
Registered nurse. Hospital and Surgical Learning and Development Manager, ICRC. Active in conflict and disaster situations and in the areas of public health and nursing education.
THE THAI RED CROSS SOCIETY
Ms. Waleeporn Riyagoon
Registered nurse. Assistant Director Specialty Care, Department of Nursing, King Chulalongkom Memorial Hospital. Active in conflict and disaster situations and in the areas of public health and nursing education.
UKRAINIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY
Ms. Alla Novikova
Registered nurse. Leading Specialist, Tracing Service, National Committee of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society. Active in conflict and disaster situations and in the areas of public health and nursing education.
YEMEN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY
Mr. Abdullah Salah Ali Zurba
Registered nurse, Yemen Red Crescent Society. Active in conflict situations and in the areas of public health and nursing education.
Ms. Etidal El Qabati
Registered nurse. Assistant Secretary-General for Emergency and Disaster, Yemen Red Crescent Society. Active in conflict situations and in the area of public health.
